JavaEEPlanningAug2013
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Java EE planning meeting, Aug 5, 2013
Attendees: Petr H, Martin F, Martin J, David (remote), Milan, Sergey, Petr J
Discussion of possible features for NetBeans 8.0 and 8.1.
Server Plugins
TomEE JBoss/WildFly new releases (EE 7 -enabled) WebLogic new releases (12.1.3) GlassFish - need Tomas K for this discussion upcoming releases: 4.0.1, 4.1 CloudLogic support on UC local WebLogic support needs to support the same version
REST services
JavaScript client UI could include framework choice (e.g. AngularJS), client type (way to connect to the server) based on existing project resource or on an arbitrary URL JSONP wraps JSON in a function, to get around the same origin policy JSONP support is easy to implement on the server side with Jersey REST services tester current tester is buggy, does not support important features may want to reimplement using a JavaScript framework should be usable with 3rd party services (rather than just those created in the IDE) may want to rename it to "REST Explorer" related to the Web Services node in Services, which should be replaced by something that works better should look into existing client apps before writing our own Several other smaller features See also attached slide deck
JAX-WS
Make it work better with Maven
JSF
JSF, EL editors: code completion and hints improvements initial support in place for JSF 2.2, EL 3.0, but more is needed we have a chance to be ahead of others (e.g. IntelliJ) Faces Flow PrimeFaces CRUD application generator 3rd party contribution that we may or may not want to accept impressive on the first sight, but has many issues Many-to-many support in JSF from Entities JSF from Entities generates outdated code, usable for beginners only JSF development with Easel features? (JS debugging, visual CSS editing, ...)
Bean validation
Easy editing of constraints - "Insert Code" action Integrate with EJB, JAX-RS, JPA, JSF, …
Client-side vs. server-side validation?
What to do in Angular/Knockout + REST (JAX-RS) case?
In JSF you specify validation code that validates client input via Ajax call
Could you generate knockout validation code so validation happens on the client
Pre-generate application on the server (see Meteor)
Other Web Framworks
Many Spring RFEs
Maven
Checkbox for Copy static resources on Save Support for war-overlays (http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/overlays.html) Improve Java EE recognition mechanism + ask user if the recognition fails completely Add possibility not to remember server for deployment (might be used for testing purposes on many different servers)
Groovy
What is the main use case? Integration with Java EE, or Gradle, or?
Persistence
extract mapped superclass update hints NoSQL? Any plans by Tonda's team? Support EclipseLink's NoSQL extension? Datasource definition through annotation Hibernate 4 (also as a standalone framework)
CDI
code completion in beans.xml new hints for CDI 1.1
Ant projects (may apply to Maven too)
Remote files node JavaScript testing
Java Embedded Suite (JES)
Server runtime for small embedded devices, collects data from sensors etc. and exposes it to data mining/analytics software Based on OSGi, Grizzly, Jersey, servlet container; development through Maven Possible update center module, features could include creating project, running locally/remotely on the device, start/stop the server, ...
Other ideas
Batch Applications API in EE 7 JSON API j2ee.common refactoring - to continue after code freeze, to be dissolved completely
